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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Cossacks.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marya say she got, in her marriage to Sergey?
(a) A life of art.
(b) A life of struggle.
(c) A life of ease.
(d) A life of troubles.

2. What do Marya's boredom and depression turn into?
(a) Illness.
(b) Self-destructive behavior.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Jealousy.

3. Who did Lukashka actual kill?
(a) A Tartar.
(b) A Christian.
(c) A Russian.
(d) A Chechen.

4. When did Dmitri believe a barrier was broken between himself and Maryanka?
(a) At Beletsky's party.
(b) When he sees her baking bread.
(c) When she tells him of her engagement to Lukashka.
(d) When he moves in with her family.

5. Why does Marya's depression return?
(a) Sergey leave for a trip.
(b) Her mother dies.
(c) Her brother comes to visit.
(d) Winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives beyond the Muslim Tartars?

2. How does Tolstoy describe Dmitri's thoughts about love?

3. What causes Sergey to say that he and Marya must return to the country?

4. What does Tolstoy say Marya and Sergey each believe about the other?

5. What does Sergey tease Marya about?

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